Shortly after Jon Favreau (director of "Iron Man" and "Iron Man 2") announced that he would not be returning to helm a third installment, Marvel Studios quickly hired Shane Black to direct "Iron Man 3". Black is best known as a writer and has written films such as "Lethal Weapon", "Lethal Weapon 2", "Last Action Hero" and "The Monster Squad". Shane Black has only directed one film before and that was the 2005 film "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" (also written by Black) which starred Val Kilmer and Robert Downey Jr. After Black was hired to direct the film, he confirmed that he would also write the script.Things seemed to change eariler this month though when Marvel Studios hired screenwriter Drew Pearce to pen "Iron Man 3". Marvel was said to be impressed with Pearce's draft of "Runaways" (which is now on hold) which is why they hired him to write "Iron Man 3". Since Shane Black was only officially hired to direct the film, most assumed that perhaps he was only going to helm the film and Pearce would write it. Now recent reports seem to indicate that Black will be co-writing the script with Pearce.Thank you for checking out my website! Be sure to 'like' Silver Screen Hub on Facebook!